Joint nesting in Taiwan Yuhinas: A rare passerine case

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 862-872

  Yuan, Hsiao Wei ^a   Liu, Mark ^a,b   Shen, Sheng Feng ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Joint nesting; Mating systems; Microsatellites; Reproductive skew; Taiwan Yuhina; Yuhina brunneiceps

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; YUHINA; YUHINA BRUNNEICEPS;

EID: 7744244269     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7520     Document Type: Article

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